Saturday, 21 June 2014

Most Read Topics- Night Shift --- risk for cancer

March
Issue of Anticancer Research published a meta-analysis which revealed
that women with normal level of vitamin D at the time of diagnosis had
twice a chance of survival when compared to those with low levels of
Vitamin D. This meta-analysis combined 5 studies having a total of 4443
patients. If we look at 10 year survival, mortality from breast cancer
was 44% lower in group of patients with highest level of Vitamin D
compared to those with lowest level of Vitamin D.

Previous studies have already established that Vitamin D
prevents breast and colon cancer. Also there are enough studies to
suggest that Vitamin D stops cancer growth.

“Doctors should measure Vitamin D levels in their breast cancer
patients, if they are deficient, they should be started immediately on
40000 IU of Vitamin D daily to get it up to 40 to 60 ng/ml”. This was
the recommendation of Dr Garland, author of this study.